Partner program · Cloud provider

Crayon Growth Partner Program: a co-marketing menu to help partners generate business

We designed a program of ready-to-use actions: campaigns, events, webinars, content and certifications, co-funded by Crayon.

Crayon wanted its partners to sell more services based on vendor solutions such as Microsoft, DocuSign or Veeam. Many lacked the time or resources to run their own marketing. TMR created the Growth Partner Program: a catalogue of co-marketing initiatives the partner chooses from, with production handled and 50% of the investment subsidised.

CrayonPartner program · Co-marketing2023

The program, in four figures

50%subsidy. On the program's co-marketing actions.
100%certifications covered. For a list of paid official certifications.
20+partners invited. Program presentation and one-to-one follow-up in 2023.
6active partners. With actions under way: content, campaigns, customer stories or webinars.
Client
Crayon and its partner network in Spain
Sector
Software and cloud services · distribution channel
Market
Spain · mid-market
Period
2023
Services
Program design · demand generation campaigns · events and webinars · PR and content · training and certification

The challenge

Partners with potential but no marketing resources

Many Crayon partners had customers and technical skills, but no marketing team to generate opportunities consistently.

Crayon needed an easy-to-use program with concrete actions and production handled, so partners only had to choose and take part.

The program had three goals

  • 01Generate new business opportunities for each partner.
  • 02Give visibility to their services and customer stories.
  • 03Keep the channel trained and certified on the solutions it sells.

What we did

A catalogue of initiatives, ready to activate

TMR designed the program, its identity and each action, and handled production and execution.

01 · CAMPAIGNS

Qualified sales meetings

From the partner's brief, we prepared the pitch, adapted emails with their brand and called 100 target companies to book meetings with the right contacts.

DeliverableReport with the updated contact base and meetings booked
02 · EVENTS

Customer showcooking

A loyalty event for around 15 guests: a short meeting on the partner's agenda followed by a showcooking, with a co-branded HTML invitation.

03 · WEBINARS

Webinar with breakfast delivered

An online session with experts from the partner, the vendor and Crayon. The first registrants received breakfast at home on the day.

04 · CONTENT

PR, opinion and customer stories

Press releases, opinion pieces and video interviews in Crayon's space on IT Reseller, plus a customer story kit: press release, written case and video testimonial.

05 · TRAINING

Quarterly upskilling

Online training with Microsoft and other vendors every quarter, and vouchers for official certifications subsidised at 100%.

The pieces

A distinct identity for the program

Crayon Growth Partner Program logo
The program brand, shared across every initiative.
Crayon Growth Partner Program visual: a speedometer with the program brand
The visual concept: accelerating partner growth.
Co-branded HTML invitation to the Microsoft Cloud webinar with breakfast
Co-branded invitation to the breakfast webinar.
Invitation email to a Crayon cloud training session with Microsoft
Quarterly training invitation with Microsoft.

The results

Partners moving from intent to action

In 2023 we presented the program to more than 20 partners and followed up with each one. Six launched actions: Cloud-iQ positioning videos, customer stories, demand generation campaigns and joint webinars.

Avalora ran two webinars with Crayon, in June and October, and Cartagon recorded its customer story with a press release.

Partners in the program · 2023

Invited21
Interested11
Active6

Source: Crayon partner program tracking, October 2023. Interested includes active partners and those pending their first action.

The approach

Making marketing easy for partners

The program turns channel funds into concrete actions: the partner chooses, brings its customer knowledge, and TMR handles production and execution.

That way, Crayon activates its channel with one quality standard and a shared brand across every initiative.

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